POLITICS

The Supreme Court scolded a lower federal appeals court for vacating a jury verdict against a woman convicted of violently shaking her grandson to death.

A 16-foot long python snake has been captured and killed in Florida and a deer was found in its stomach. When they cut open the belly of the Burnese python, officials in south Florida found a 76-pound, fully intact female deer, reports the Huffington Post. It was killed by a shotgun blast.

The secretive hacking collective Anonymous is threatening to expose Mexican drug cartel Zeta.

Halloween celebrations turned deadly in New Orleans when four separate shootings killed two people and injured 13 more early Tuesday morning.

Following an attempted rape on Sunday night, a county sheriff in South Carolina has urged women to obtain concealed weapons permits and carry guns in fanny packs.

The 2011 New York Halloween Parade in the village took place on Monday night.

Protestors of “Occupy Wall Street” took to the streets in Halloween costumes during the 39th Annual Halloween Parade in New York, Monday.

The 2011 Village Halloween Parade swept through New York City, with over 50,000 costumed marchers joining dancers, puppets, and bands for Occupy Halloween. Here, see some of the highlights from Oct. 31, from Edward Scissorhands and Black/White Swan to an airplane float and corporate zombies on parade.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 8 will hear a case on law enforcement's warrantless use of GPS technology. Is the use of GPS technology simply a more-efficient process or an illegal search?

This year Daylight Savings Time ends for most people in the U.S. and Canada, at 2 a.m. next Sunday.

Victoria's Secret Angels Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima, Erin Heatherton, Lais Ribeiro and Lindsay Ellingson have teamed up once again for the latest Holiday 2011 additions to the Dream Angels bra collection and the new Angel fragrance.

A 16-foot-long python was captured in Southern Florida after workers from South Florida Water Management District discovered that it had eaten a whole adult deer.

A 16-foot Burmese python was found and killed in the Florida Everglades just after eating its last meal: a 76-pound deer.

Director Peter Jackson on Friday said he is helping to get investigative and forensic work done so that Damien Echols -- the only death row inmate of the West Memphis Three -- can receive complete pardon.

Nargis Yadav lies in the arms of her mother in a small rural clinic in north India - one of seven billionth babies born around the world on Monday.

Millions of people are still out of power following Saturday's east coast snow storm that swept the Northeast, leaving more people in the dark than Hurricane Irene.

The family of Kelli O'Laughlin, a 14-year-old stabbed to death last week, has set the funeral for the dead teen at 9:45 a.m. Friday at St. John of the Cross Church located at 5005 Wolf Road, Western Springs.

Scientists hypothesize that unseasonably warm temperature spikes during the past two winters may be the result of global warming.

Kate Moss, trendsetter extraordinaire, is recognized as one of the most influential names in fashion today. Her style is envied by women around the globe for its edge and ease.

Nobody dreams of a white Halloween, but millions of people throughout the Northeast got that and more on Saturday when a northeaster dumped several inches of snow and toppled trees and power lines throughout the region.

Flood waters in Bangkok and across Thailand are finally receding, after months of what eventually became the worst flooding in the country in 50 years.

The seven-billionth human is expected to be born on Monday, but an expert who helps do the counting says that event comes as the Earth undergoes a demographic shift toward slower population growth.

Bangkok has avoided Thailand's devastating floods, but it will takes months of work to get the city, and the country, back to normal, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Monday.

Pope Benedict XVI beatified the Catholic Church's three newest saints -- Italian bishop and missionary Monsignor Guido Maria Conforti, Spanish nun Sister Bonifacia Rodriguez de Castro and an Italian priest Rev. Luigi Guanella -- during a mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.

The nation's lottery players will have a shot at nearly $245 million on Wednesday night, as PowerBall's Saturday drawing did not net any winners. Meanwhile, the MegaMillons game jackpot is now only $78 million: that drawing is Tuesday night.

Dressed in hues of red, golden and off-white, models donned exclusive wedding dresses, as they walked the ramp at the China Fashion Week in Beijing on Sunday.

TAG Heuer Brand Ambassadors Lewis Hamilton and Karun Chandhok unveiled the brand's India Racing Limited Edition watch to mark its 150 years of Mastering Speed.

Late Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs' biological sister Mona Simpson has shared the final words of her genius brother in the eulogy she delivered at his Oct. 16 memorial service at Stanford University. The surprising last words that Jobs uttered from his deathbed were, Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.

The world's seven billionth baby was born Monday in the Philippines.